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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 157N

Use of reasonable force to detain person

157N Use of reasonable force to detain person

(1) This section applies if, under an emergency examination authority, a person may be detained in a public sector health service facility.
(2) The person in charge of the public sector health service facility, and anyone lawfully helping the person in charge, may exercise the power to detain the person in the facility with the help, and using the force, that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances.



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